You know you’re an optimist if you…
– think “his/her teacher wants to have a word with you” just to tell you how proud you shoud be
– are sure that an F in maths means he/she is gonna be an amazing artist
– look at the shining sun and hope his/her football/soccer uniform won’t be muddy, this time.

The little computer in your car’s dashboard calculates there is only 27 miles of gas left in the tank, but you drive past an exit sign that cautions the next gas is 50 miles down the road because this exit doesn’t have a Sonic.

If you believe your children’s grandparents will stop giving you advice because your such a good parent.
If you believe the water never gets wasted during the 10 min hand washing.
If you believe this is the bath time where your 6 year old won’t freak out when you wash his hair.
If you believe you will only need one hat and set of gloves THIS winter.
If you believe someone else will walk the dog at 6 am or 11 pm.

If you believe that THIS is the year that you will be able to pay all of your bills and have money left over to buy furniture.
If you believe that tonight will be the night you won’t have to scold your children at dinner, and that they will clean their plates without any prompting.
If you believe that wine is good for you, even if it’s white.
If you believe that you have time after work to stop at the store, then the gas station, then the liquor store, and then get home to make dinner for the kids.

“If you decide to see the slices of cheese sticking to the back door window as a beautiful mosaic…as opposed to slices of cheese sticking to the back door window. And then you pluck them off and eat them.” True story. I think I’m pretty good at this optimism stuff. LOVE this blog. I found you at Mom’s New Stage’s linkup. Great stuff!

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Who Is Leanne Shirtliffe?

I'm the author of DON'T LICK THE MINIVAN: Things I Never Thought I'd Say To My Kids (2013), THE CHANGE YOUR NAME STORE (May 2014), and MOMMYFESTO (Nov 2014). I once won the caber toss championship in Bahrain and chased transvestites in Bangkok. Then I had twins. I used to travel.